How To Find Taurus: The Bull Constellation In The Night Sky

Taurus is an ancient constellation with a rich history, and it is classified as one of the zodiacal constellations due to the Sun's path crossing through its boundaries. Explore the myths and legends associated with Taurus, the celestial objects in its boundaries, and bright stars in this pattern.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro to Taurus
1:41 - Pattern of Taurus
6:47 - Winter Hexagon Asterism
9:25 - Bright Stars of Taurus
11:19 - Celestial Objects of Taurus
12:35 - Pleiades and Hyades Open Star Clusters
15:48 - Messier 1 - The Crab Nebula
18:21 - Crystal Ball Nebula
18:51 - Legends of Taurus (Babylonian, Mesopotamia, Egyptian, Greek, Polynesian)
23:18 - Review of Taurus
24:16 - Photo Attributes

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[learnthesky]

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[GoldenTimeline]

I am mesmerized when I view the Pleiades in the Taurus constellation using high powered binoculars. The cosmos is infinitely amazing. Thank you for sharing your astronomical wisdom with the collective.✨

[markborzak]

I am always looking up at the night sky, love this, thanks

[lindanguyenova]

Hello I recently found out your channel and I have been inhaling your content I just wanna say a big big thank you for sharing your knowledge. I love how easy to understand your explanations are and how you include all the mythology connected to these constellations. Big thank you love your channel ❤️

[kwgm]

You did such a nice job, in just about every aspect of your presentation. Thank you very much.

Of course, Orion and Taurus are probably the easiest of the winter constellations to identify here in the Northern Hemisphere, but light pollution makes it more difficult to spot the Hyades with each passing decade.

You provide us all a service in this area. With more people taking an interest in the night sky, our communities have become a little more sensitive to eliminating the sources of light pollution. (I would love to get rid of those bright LED signs that have popped up everywhere.)

I enjoyed your mythology section, especially. There's an amazing underground temple in Southern Egypt known as the Serapeum, where Apis bulls are said to be buried. No one has every found any sign of bull remains down there. Only perfectly carved stone boxes said to be their sarcophagi. The mystery lies in how these 22 stone boxes, made if granite and weighing about 70 tons each, got down there.

Keep looking up. I remember the fellow who signed off the San Jose public tv station every night with those very words.

[gargimahajan]

Janine, thanks for sharing your knowledge! I have been stargazing for the first time and your video helps a lot. Recently I saw Taurus and the other constellations when the sky was the clearest and their beauty almost made me cry.

[renhylde]

I'm learning a lot from you, and every step practice what you teach on Stellarium just realized at 8:18 That's Pollux and castor. Thank you!

[constructioncrew]

Omg you just described the Star of David

[ns-gccn]

This is a great video. The explanation goes from high level to more detailed- perfect!

[robc]

THANKS SO MUCH, I love your channel ans ist very informative, we`re downunder so a bit upsidedown but I can now look up and spot those famous icons. you make them so easy to spot. cheers Rob

[tjbiker]

To the Narrator: You have perfect 'pitch - pace - pause' and tempo to your explanations . . AND a VERY PLEASANT VOICE. . . Thank you for your narration. :)

[konniedidonato]

Can’t wait to send this to my son, a Taurus

[maries]

You’re such a great teacher! I’ve learned more from you watching 3 videos (including the one about tools such as planisphere) than I have spending hours on internet trying to find out where to even start as an amateur astronomer! Thank you 🙏🏼

[jimmothyson]

This is an excellent video btw. Brava! 👏🏼👏🏼

[RhoanDyer]

Learn a lot in such short time thanks for all that info

[soniaperry]

Hey Janine...
Only just found your channel and find your descriptions and your approach so refreshing...! Finding all this absolutely fascinating...Thank you for helping me enjoy the night sky even more... 😊👍 Best wishes and happy gazing... Sonia x

[muzairafzal]

excellent excellent excellent video, amazingly taught what has always been very difficult to understand....great work mam....really appreciate your work...

[aadil]

Love it, love it, love Amazing explanation, lovely explanation and best derails. Subscribing now.❤

[meowbacca]

Thanks for finally teaching me what pleiades is. I always thought of it as the thing that looked like a little dipper, but I knew it wasn't the little dipper :)

[ThomasSmith-oszc]

The Star of Bethlehem was in the Star of David and the Star of David was in the Constellation Taurus the Bull.